Disinfectant-distributer for closets.



J. .J. KLEIN.

DISINFECTANT DISTRIBUTER FOB GLOSETS.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 27, 1913.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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. JZJIEZez'n (HE NORRIS PETE R S CO.. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. Dv C-JACOB J. KLEIN, OF KEARNEY, NEBRASKJL,

DISINFECTANT-DISTRIBUTER FOR CLOSET'S.

Original application filed January 14, 1913, Serial No. 742,075.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914. Divided and this application filed October 27,1913. Serial No. 797,568.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB J. KLEIN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Kearney, in the county ofBuffalo and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Disinfectant-Distributors for Closets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to disinfectant distributing apparatus forclosets especially of that type shown and described in my copendingapplication filed January 14, 1913, Serial'Number 742,075, of which thisapplication is a division.

It is the aim of the invention to provide a disinfectant distributingapparatus which will act automatically to discharge a suitable quantityof disinfectant into the hopper or receptacle of the closet as the coverfor the seat opening is moved to closed position, and while theapparatus is designed primarily for employment in connection with a drycloset, it will be understood that it may be employed in connection withwater closets without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of theapparatus arranged upon a closet constructed in accordance with myaforesaid copending application. Fig. 2 is a vertical front to rearsectional view through the apparatus and the cover for the seat openingupon which it is mounted.

In the drawings the body of the closet is indicated in general by thereference numeral 1 and the top by the numeral 2, the top having theusual seat opening 3 which is normally closed by a sliding cover 4. Asdescribed in my co-pending application, this cover 4 is normally held inposition to close the opening 3 by means of a cord 5 to which isattached a weight (not shown) and when the cover has been slid to openposition and released it will be automatically returned by the cord andweight.

The present invention contemplates the provision of means forautomatically depositing disinfectant into the hopper or receptacle ofthe closet, which is indicated by the numeral 6, and which is locatedbelow the opening 3, upon movement of the cover to closed position andthis means will now be described.

The apparatus embodying the present invention includes a reservoir 7which is mounted upon the cover 4 and which has a discharge spout 8fitting an opening 9 formed in the said cover. The bottom of thereservoir is inclined from all sides toward the upper end of the spoutas indicated at 10, this portion 10 being preferably in-the nature of afalse bottom and serves as a bearing for the feed shaft ofthe apparatusas will be presently pointed out. The reservoir is provided at its topwith a filling opening 11 through which disinfectant may be introducedinto the reservoir and this opening is normally closed by a cover 12.

The feed shaft above mentioned is indicated by the numeral 13 and isjournaled for rotation in the front and rear inclined walls of the falsebottom 10, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and is provided upon itsportion which extends above the discharge spout 8 with a worm 14designed to feed the disinfectant down through the spout when the shaftis rotated in one direction.

A rack bar 15 is mounted upon the top 2 rearwardly of the cover 4 andthe rack teeth of this bar, indicated by the numeral 16, extend in aseries longitudinally of the bar but the series is of a length less thanthat of the bar and the teeth are so located that the disinfectant willnot be discharged from the reservoir until the cover 4 has movedpractically to closed position. Loosely mounted upon the shaft 13 is apinion 17 adapted to mesh with the rack teeth 16 and this pinion carriesa pawl l8pcooperating with a ratchet 19 fixed upon the said shaft 13.The pawl 18 is so arranged that when the cover is moved to open positionthe pinion 17 may ride loose upon the shaft 13 so as not to rotate theshaft but as the cover moves to closed position the pinion will meshwith the rack teeth 16 and will be clutched with the shaft whereby torotate the shaft and cause disinfectant to be fed to the hopper orreceptacle.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

1. The combination with a closet having a seat opening and a covermounted for sliding movement above the seat opening,of a disinfectantreservoir carried by the cover, a feeding device arranged to dischargematerial from the reservoir through said opening, and means actuated bythe movement of the cover for operating the feeding device: of thereservoir. o

2. The combination With a closet includ ing a seat and a cover mountedfor sliding movement above the seat, of a reservoir car- 7 ried bythecover, and means arranged to automatically discharge material from thereservoir upon movement of the cover to closed position.

3. The combination With a closet having a seat and a cover mounted forslidingi movement above the seat, of a reservoir; mounted upon the coverand having a down-;

Wardly presented discharge opening, a shaftj having feeding meansWorking Within the reservoir, a rack bar upon the seat, and a pinioncarried by the shaft and arranged to mesh With the rack bar When thecover is the shaft. 7

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JACOB J. KLEIN. a 8.

Witnesses R; M. BARNEY, W. W. BARNEY.

Copies of this patentvmay be obtained forv five centisealelipriyaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 6.

mounted" for rotation in thereservoir and 15 moved to closed positionwhereby to rotate 20

